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Mejlgade, the first cycle street in Denmark (EU)

This brief report, written in December 2011 by the Cycling Embassy of Denmark, examines the construction of the first cycle street in Denmark. Cycle Streets have been developed in Germany and Holland. The idea is that all road users can use the street – but on the cyclists’ terms – and the road will be optimised in order to cater for cyclists and pedestrians, instead of the cars.

The report says, "The establishment of a cycle street can become one of the most important demonstration projects in Denmark in terms of creating better conditions for the increasing number of cyclists in the city centres – a problem many Danish cities are facing these years. Often, there is not enough room to build cycle tracks in the narrow city streets, and neither is it possible to shut the streets off completely from car traffic. The experiences from the Mejlgade project in Aarhus can thereby prove to be one way to meet the calls from citizens and politicians alike, in order to make better conditions for cyclists."

The cycle street is expected to open in the beginning of 2012.

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